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Mike Hlas
I am the sports columnist and Iowa men’s basketball beat writer for The Gazette. I have been at The Gazette since well before TheGazette.com was a thing, but not as long as Charles Grassley has been a U.S. Senator. I have dined with kings and queens, and I have dined on pork and beans. Oh, only the pork and beans part of that is true. I am the most unaffectedly personal columnist in Iowa, and perhaps the world. To verify that, please contact my representation.
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Latest Articles by Mike Hlas
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Aug. 30, 2013 10:13 am4455d ago
Kinnick Stadium and Wrigley Field are two old peas in a pod. They tug their fans’ heartstrings. They’re venues that …
Columns & Sports Commentary Aug. 29, 2013 4:26 pm4456d ago
After a summer of teaching Miley Cyrus how to dance, Hlastradamus is back to share his college football selections. There …
Columns & Sports Commentary Aug. 29, 2013 9:00 am4457d ago
This is the silver anniversary of one of the weirdest seasons in Iowa football history. The Hawkeyes lost to Hawaii …
Columns & Sports Commentary Aug. 28, 2013 11:39 am4457d ago
When Iowa is going to sell bottled water at a discounted price ($2! What a deal!) at a Hawkeyes game …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Aug. 28, 2013 9:00 am4458d ago
With FRY fest approaching Friday in Coralville, I’m sharing a few of my favorite Hayden Fry stories from his time …
News Aug. 27, 2013 4:51 pm4458d ago
IOWA CITY – Funny. Last off-season brought plenty of happy talk from Iowa football fans because the team had changed …
Podcasts Aug. 27, 2013 9:36 am4459d ago
Iowa has never forgotten Chuck Long though it’s been 28 years since he threw his last pass for the Hawkeyes’ …
Columns & Sports Commentary Aug. 27, 2013 8:43 am4459d ago
Marc Morehouse of the Gazette gave me a good idea Monday. He said that with Fry fest coming up Friday …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Aug. 26, 2013 9:00 am4460d ago
(UPDATE: Stanzi got claimed on waivers Tuesday by the Jacksonville Jaguars.) Ricky Stanzi got cut Sunday. The Kansas City Chiefs …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Aug. 25, 2013 7:52 pm4460d ago
What is this, 1924? If you just want to get into Ross-Ade Stadium on Nov. 9 for the Iowa-Purdue football …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Aug. 24, 2013 9:51 am4462d ago
Here’s the deal: Last season stunk for Iowa’s football team. To say the Hawkeyes were in a funk last season …
Podcasts Aug. 22, 2013 4:39 pm4463d ago
This week’s Mike Hlas Podcast welcomes Wright Thompson, senior writer for ESPN.com and ESPN The Magazine. Wright just wrote “The …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Aug. 21, 2013 4:25 pm4464d ago
I hate to be part of a hype machine, any hype machine. In the summer of 2010, the Gazette put …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Aug. 21, 2013 3:04 pm4464d ago
Every time I’ve been to a college or NFL stadium that had a ring of honor/wall of honor/whatever they’re called, …
Columns & Sports Commentary Aug. 21, 2013 9:00 am4465d ago
OK, confession time. The first-half of this piece doesn’t stem from an original thought. I got the idea from this …


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